After graduating from college, you are hired to work in a factory as an industrial psychologist. The workers assemble iPads. They can either be paid by the hour or by the number of iPads they assemble in a day. You decide that you will do the latter (pay by the number of iPads put together). According to Skinner, you have put the workers on a fixed ratio schedule.

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A fixed ratio schedule refers to a reinforcement schedule where a reward is given after a certain number of responses. In this scenario, the workers are being paid for the number of iPads they assemble, which fits the definition of a fixed ratio schedule.

After Graduating from College, You Are Hired to Work in a Factory